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Nigeria’s Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajia Sadiya Farouq, says the Federal Government has spent $5 billion to fight poverty in the country since 2016. Farouk who spoke on Sunday, during the presentation of letters of engagement and electronic tablets to 248 monitors of the NSIP programme in Yola, Adamawa, said President Muhammadu Buhari has, since 2016, backed...

The spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria continues to record significant decrease as the latest statistics by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) reveal Nigeria now has 167,206 confirmed cases. The NCDC, said on its verified website on Monday, that the case count has continued to creep down in the country. It revealed that no new additional case count was recorded...

A law to repeal provisions in the 1999 constitution for by-elections into vacant seats at the Senate and House of Representatives is underway in the Green Chamber. The piece of legislation exclusively obtained by Vanguard, entitled “An Act to amend section 68(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999”, is sponsored by Kwewum Shawulu, PDP-Taraba. The sponsor of the bill...

The Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) has denied claims of alleged N6.542 billion fraud and other allegations by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC). A statement by the Director, Public Affairs, Duke Ukaga, traced the reported allegations to ‘figment of imagination’ of the Amalgamated Union of Public Corporation, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employees (AUPCTRE) which it said would not accept...

Qatar wants to allow only vaccinated fans to attend the 2022 FIFA World Cup, which it is set to host.   Prime Minister Sheikh Khalid bin Khalifa bin Abdul Aziz al-Thani said this in a state broadcast on Sunday. “By the time of the World Cup, most countries in the world would have vaccinated their citizens.” “Due to the possibility that some countries...

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has delisted 25 Computer-Based Exam Centres (CBT) across the country for poor performance at the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) held nationwide on Saturday, June 19. A statement issued on Sunday, in Abuja, by Dr Fabian Benjamin, spokesperson for JAMB, said the delisted centres failed during the conduct of the 2021 UTME...

The South-East governors and other stakeholders in the region on Saturday disowned the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and other separatist groups in the region. In a communiqué issued at the end of their meeting in Enugu and signed by the Chairman of the South-East Governors Forum, Dave Umahi, the leaders said the groups do not speak for the people...

South East governors on Saturday urged their Northern counterparts to protect their people living in the region. The governors made the call in a communiqué issued at the end of a security meeting held in Enugu and signed by the Chairman of the South-East Governors’ Forum, Dave Umahi. Aside Umahi, other governors at the meeting were Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (Enugu), Hope Uzodinma...

No fewer than 10 persons were feared dead in a renewed bloody clash between the bordering communities of Ezza and Effium in Ado Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue State and Ohaukwu LGA of Ebonyi State. Chairman of Ado LGA, James Oche who confirmed the fresh crisis and the death of 10 persons condemned the communal conflict which erupted on...

Nigerian Governors under the auspices of the PDP Governor’s Forum, have extolled the virtues and achievements of Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State, noting that he has brought prudence, innovation and competence in the management of state resources. The governors who had witnessed the arrival of two new Airbus A220-300 series into the fleet of the Akwa Ibom State...